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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements? - My belief in myself gets me through hard times.
Choices: "Strongly disagree" "Disagree" "Agree" "Strongly agree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
76 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Albania92.3%
2 Kosovo91.0%
3 Colombia90.8%
4 Indonesia90.6%
5 Thailand89.9%
6 Viet Nam89.6%
7 Peru87.8%
8 North Macedonia87.6%
9 Panama87.3%
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina86.6%
10 Jordan86.6%
12 Saudi Arabia86.3%
13 Moldova86.2%
14 Mexico85.8%
15 Romania85.4%
16 Kazakhstan85.2%
17 Costa Rica84.3%
17 Turkiye84.3%
19 Montenegro84.1%
20 Dominican Republic83.7%
21 Georgia83.5%
22 Philippines82.8%
23 Croatia82.5%
24 United Arab Emirates82.3%
25 Serbia81.6%
26 China81.2%
27 Lithuania81.1%
28 Hungary80.4%
28 Malaysia80.4%
28 Ukraine80.4%
31 Morocco 79.9%
32 Israel79.6%
33 Belarus79.1%
34 Greece78.4%
35 Argentina78.2%
36 Bulgaria77.5%
37 Republic of Korea77.1%
38 Slovenia76.8%
39 Brunei Darussalam76.7%
40 Singapore76.6%
41 Uruguay75.8%
42 Chile75.2%
42 Russian Federation75.2%
44 United States75.1%
45 Brazil74.7%
46 Malta74.3%
47 Spain73.4%
48 Taiwan72.9%
49 Portugal72.7%
50 Austria72.6%
51 Italy72.0%
51 Latvia72.0%
53 Hong Kong, China71.7%
54 Estonia71.4%
55 Denmark71.3%
56 Switzerland71.2%
57 Canada70.6%
58 Finland70.5%
59 Lebanon70.2%
60 Qatar69.4%
61 Iceland69.3%
62 Netherlands69.1%
63 Poland68.6%
64 Luxembourg68.5%
65 Germany68.3%
66 Australia66.9%
67 New Zealand66.2%
68 Ireland66.1%
69 Slovakia65.8%
70 Sweden65.6%
71 Macao, China65.4%
72 Czech Republic62.6%
73 United Kingdom58.7%
74 France58.5%
75 Belgium57.3%
76 Japan56.3%

No data for 162 countries.

Source
PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) : What School Life Means for Studentsf Lives

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -4.598974 X +9.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -193700.402030 X +178738.254
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = -26.946597 X +98.977
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data75
Regression equation
Y = 1.720181 X +0.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data72
Regression equation
Y = -20.343862 X +26.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082